A pair of Louis XVI style gilt-bronze and marble topped centre tables in the manner of Adam Weisweiler, 20th century

the verde antico inset white marble tops on a ribbon moulded edge and guilloche frieze with canted corners, raised on female caryatids and joined by a looped stretcher, bearing spurious stamp 'E.ZWIENER'

Christie's Monaco, 18 June 1989, lot 144 (FF440,000);

Christie's New York, 27 May 1999, lot 298 ($46,000);

Christie's London, 11 May 2000, lot 127 (£15,275).

An interesting and decorative pair of tables, in good original condition, with marks and scratches consistent with age and use. One with movement to the legs and stretcher which would benefit from securing.There is a minor crack to the hair of the caryatid of one table. The marble tops in good condition with minor old marks and scratches consistent with age and use, one with a small break to the outer border, chipped, the other with a faint crack to the surface. Each inscribed '14PA85' to the underside.
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